The Africa Library

No stories? No data? No problem. Here is your fuel. Oral traditions, folklore, history, mythology, languages — all authentic, all African, all free to explore and build from.

“The game becomes the entry point. The learning becomes the destination.”

Questions a great African game could answer:

Who was Mansa Musa?What is Great Zimbabwe?What did Yaa Asantewaa fight for?What is Anansi?What is the meaning of Sankofa?What was Benin famous for?What is the story of the Ashanti Kingdom?Who were the Dogon?What are Ghanaian proverbs?What was the Mali Empire?Who built Great Zimbabwe?What is Ubuntu?

Essential Resources

COURSE

Godot Engine — Free Game Development

Free, open-source game engine that exports to browser (HTML5)

Godot FoundationMultiple
ARCHIVE

African Online Digital Library (AODL)

Open access digital library of African cultural heritage materials

Michigan State UniversityMultiple
ARCHIVE

African Oral Narratives — MSU Digital Library

Open-access library of oral histories, folklore and songs from Ethiopia, Ghana and South Africa

Michigan State UniversityMultiple

All Resources

COURSEMultiple

GDevelop — No-Code Game Engine

Free, no-code game engine — build games without programming

ARTICLEMultiple

Africa Facts Zone — African History

Documented African historical facts and stories

ARTICLEGhana

Ghana Web — Ghanaian History & Culture

Portal covering Ghanaian history, culture, and heritage

COURSEMultiple

Defold Engine — Free Game Development

Free game engine optimised for mobile and HTML5

Know a resource we're missing?

If you know a book, archive, folklore collection, or oral tradition resource that should be here, submit it. Every submission helps the next developer build a better African game.

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